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Dilemmas in youth work and youth development practice / Laurie Ross, Shane Capra, Lindsay Carpenter, Julia Hubbell and Kathrin Walker.

By: Ross, Laurie
Contributor(s): Capra, Shane | Carpenter, Lindsay | Hubbell, Julia | Walker, Katherin
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxon, United Kingdom : Routledge, 2016Edition: 1 EditionDescription: x, 140 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781138843950 (hardback); 9781138843967 (pbk.)Subject(s): Youth workers -- United States | Employee motivation -- United States | Career development -- United States | Youth Organizations | Youth Centres | Social Workers | Youth | United States | Career Development | Youth Workers
Contents:
Becoming a youth worker -- Learning to "read" : cultivating ecological intelligence -- Navigating inexperience : how reflection guides practice for a novice youth worker -- Balancing high expectations, program structure, and youth realities : making kids fit -- The program or the program fit the kids -- Balancing conflicting values from home, a youth organization, and the community : keeping youth wellbeing at the center of youth work -- Youth worker and organizational responses to risky behavior and dangerous situations -- Balancing youth privacy with the youth worker's need for information : the importance of organizational support in dilemma resolution -- Activating personal knowledge to balance the needs of high-risk youth with the safety of others in the program -- "When I heard who it was, I knew it wasn't a real gun" : "reading" the context to maintain safety -- "Do they think we're not in charge?" : addressing dilemmas that arise in a social justice youth development approach -- Cross-cutting themes and implications for youth worker professional development.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Becoming a youth worker -- Learning to "read" : cultivating ecological intelligence -- Navigating inexperience : how reflection guides practice for a novice youth worker -- Balancing high expectations, program structure, and youth realities : making kids fit -- The program or the program fit the kids -- Balancing conflicting values from home, a youth organization, and the community : keeping youth wellbeing at the center of youth work -- Youth worker and organizational responses to risky behavior and dangerous situations -- Balancing youth privacy with the youth worker's need for information : the importance of organizational support in dilemma resolution -- Activating personal knowledge to balance the needs of high-risk youth with the safety of others in the program -- "When I heard who it was, I knew it wasn't a real gun" : "reading" the context to maintain safety -- "Do they think we're not in charge?" : addressing dilemmas that arise in a social justice youth development approach -- Cross-cutting themes and implications for youth worker professional development.

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